TransportTransport

Road sings Road sings

TransportTransport

[U] a system or method for carrying passengers or goods from one place to another

What means of transport do you know?

What means of transport do you know?

transport transport

buses airplanesships

bicycles underground cars

BusesBuses

Double-decker – a bus with two passenger decks, especially a red bus of this type in London

Coach – a comfortable bus for carrying passengers over long distances

Double-decker – a bus with two passenger decks, especially a red bus of this type in London

Coach – a comfortable bus for carrying passengers over long distances

What is the best way to see London?

What is the best way to see London?

One of the best ways of seeing London is to take a seat on the top deck of one of its famous double-decker buses. The traffic may be slow on occasions, but it offers a wonderful opportunity for leisurely sightseeing. Many bus routes pass by London’s most famous sights

Tram Tram

also tramcar || usually streetcar, trolley AmE – a sort of bus used in cities that is driven by electricity and runs along metal tracks set in the road

Railways

Railways were pioneered in Britain: the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825, was the first public passenger railway in the world to be worked by steam power. The main railway companies in Great Britain were nationalised in 1948, coming under the control of the British railways Board

Train Train

a line of connected railway carriages pulled by an engine: to catch / miss the train / I prefer tavelling by train

Maglev train – n magnetic levitation train; a new type of very fast train that runs without wheels using magnetic fields

Ship Ship

a large boat for carrying people or goods on the sea

Passenger Liner – a large passenger ship especially one of several owned by a company

Hydrofoil – a large motorboat fitted with an apparatus which raises it out of the water when it moves high speed

Ferry Ferry

a boat that carries people or goods across a river or a narrow area of water

Boat Boat

a small open vehicle for travelling across water

Tug also tug boat – a small powerful boat used for pulling and / or guiding ships into a port, up a river etc

Sailing boat Sailing boat

a large ship which gets its power only from the action of the wind on its sails, having either no motor or only a small one for helping it in making certain movements

Yacht – a light sailing boat, especially one used for racing

Dinghy – a small open sailing boat used especially for racing

Underground

the Underground BrE a railway system under the ground; subway AmE

The Underground CodeThe Underground Code

The London underground is the oldest and busiest in the world. Its construction started in 1860

If you would like to come to London for a day from a town in the southeast of England, you can buy a special Travelcard which includes travel on buses and the ‘tubes’ in the central zone

Subway Subway

BrE || underpass AmE a path under a road or railway by which it can be safely crossed

Do you know who invented the aeroplane?

Do you know who invented the aeroplane?

The Wright brothers invented, built, and flew the first airplane on 7 December, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

They reported their flight in a letter to government officials in Washington,D.C., but such an achievement was considered impossible. Therefore, their letter was ignored. It was not until 1908 that the Wright brothers gained worldwide fame

British AirwaysBritish Airways

Would you like to travel to Britain by air? Then you will arrive in the southeast, for this is where the main passenger ports and airports are situated. Heathrow airport is the biggest airport in the UK and the world’s busiest airport. It is about 20 miles east of London

While Gatwick, the second major airport is about 30 miles to the south

Motorbike Motorbike

especially BrE a small fast two-wheeled vehicle with an engine; = motorcycle

When did bicycles with pedals appear?

When did bicycles with pedals appear?

Perhaps unexpectedly, the bicycle didn’t appear until around 1840 when a Scotsman, Kirkpatrick McMillan, created the first one to have pedals. People rode bicycles without pedals before then. But they were slow and not very popular. It took around 140 years for McMillan’s design to develop into modern mountain bikes

Bicycle Bicycle

a vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing its pedals with your feet; = bike

Car Car

also motorcar BrE || automobile AmE a road vehicle with usually four wheels which is driven by a motor and used as a means of travel for a small number of people

Lorry – a large motor vehicle for carrying heavy goods;

Van Van

a road vehicle, usually larger than a car but smaller than a truck, having an enclosed box-shaped body and used for carrying goods and sometimes people: a delivery van /a police van / a van driver

When did the first taxis appear?When did the first taxis appear?

The London black taxi is the first taxi in the world. Black cabs are over 300 years old. Once they were horse-driven carriages. In their present form they appeared after the First World War.

It was in 1694 when the Parliament passed the act which gave the right to carry passengers to 250 hired carriages

The traditional colour of the London taxi is still black, though in recent years red, blue and yellow vehicles have appeared

Ambulance Ambulance

a special vehicle that is used to take people who are ill or injured to hospital

What is it?What is it?

This is a system of trains in tunnels in a large city

undergroundThis is a bus that runs between towns and cities

coachThis boat is used for pulling ships

tugThis vehicle is smaller than a truck and has metal sides

vanThis vehicle carries sick or wounded people

ambulance

Traffic Traffic

a movement of people or vehicles along roads or streets, of ships in the sea, planes in the sky etc.

Traffic jam – a situation in which there is so much traffic on the road that it moves only very slowly (or not at all)

Traffic warden Traffic warden

an official whose job is to make sure drivers obey parking regulations. Wardens have the authority to issue parking tickets, and may also help to direct traffic

Traffic cone Traffic cone

a cone-shaped marker used on a road especially for showing where repairs are being done

Belisha beacon also beacon a flashing orange flight on a striped globe that marks a street crossing place (a zebra crossing) for walkers. Named after Leslie Hore-Belisha, minister of transport in the 1930s, when such sings were introduced

Traffic lights Traffic lights

also traffic signals n [usually pl] coloured lights used for controlling and directing traffic, especially where one road crosses another

Bus lane Bus lane

n a part of a wide road, marked for the use of buses only: We shouldn’t drive up here – it’s the bus lane

Bus stop – a fixed place at the side of a road where buses stop for passengers: waiting at the bus stop

Sleeping policeman Sleeping policeman

esp. BrE, speed bump AmE a low bump built across a road to force traffic to move slowly, usually in residential areas or, for example, in a university campus

VehiclesVehicles

Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

Roads in BritainRoads in Britain

There are three main types of roads:

There are three main types of roads:

motorwaysmotorwaysA-roads

(major motor routes)A-roads

(major motor routes)

B-roads(minor routes)

B-roads(minor routes)

Motorway Motorway

a very wide road built for fast long-distance travel

Highway – AmE a broad main road used especially by traffic going in both directions, and often leading from one town to another

RoadsRoads

The names of A-roads begin with the letter A and then have a number, such as the A1 and the A 414

B-road – in Britain, a less important country road (often shown in yellow on maps) with the letter B before its number

Travel by road

In Britain you must drive on the left and overtake on the right. There is an automatic priority for cars approaching junctions from the left. At roundabouts, traffic on the roundabout coming from the right has priority over traffic joining it. The wearing of seat belts for both front and rear seat occupants is compulsory

The Highway Code The Highway Code

The official list of rules for drivers on the road.

People are tested on their knowledge of the

Highway Code as part of their driving test

Minimum ages are:Minimum ages are:

16 for riders of mopeds, drivers of small tractors, and disabled people receiving a mobility allowance;

17 for drivers of cars and other passenger vehicles with nine or fewer seats, motorcycles and goods vehicles not over 3.5 tonnes permissible maximum weight;

18 for goods vehicles weighing over 3.5, but not over 7.5 tonnes;

21 for passenger vehicles with more than nine seats and goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes

Traffic SignsTraffic Signs

Do you know your Highway Code?Can you read the signs on the

road?Why is it essential to have an

International Highway Code?How does the Highway Code

promote travel and tourism?

Do you know these traffic signs?Do you know these traffic signs?

There must be a school near here, look at that sign indicating children

You mustn’t blow your horn here, that “H” stands for hospital

You can’t park here. That’s a “no waiting” sign

It’s a one-way street, so we’ll have to go round to the other end, if we want to drive in

There must be road works ahead

Explain these road signsExplain these road signs

QuizQuiz

Choose the correct answer for each sign. You can get one point for the right choice in each of the items below